Lest we forget: SPORE
Zazazu:
Maxon, I get motion sickness from most first-person games like Oblivion. This game doesn't bother me one bit. The camera does not move independently. I almost wonder if Frally accidentally switched camera modes.
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2008 September 08, 13:43:41
Quote from: Gus Smedstad on 2008 September 08, 11:48:18
In Tribal mode, either is viable, but charming them takes a lot less time.
Charming them takes a lot less time, but on the other hand, the option may be less feasible if they are already ATTACKING YOU. The implacability of hostile enemies tends to increase as you move through the game. While I've been told that even hostile tribes can be buttered up with a simple present of food, civilizations and beyond tend to be largely implacable.
In tribal, it's easy to get them away from not attacking you once you've gotten your tribe set up. I found the key is to have everyone gather until you can spawn your extra babies. Then put two on gather and have the others get instruments. Send them with the chief to do socials. As soon as new tribes pop up, hover over them on your map. If they are ambivalent, ignore them in favor of a hostile tribe. Send a gift to the hostile tribe and socialize them to an ally. If you make a hostile ambivalent and leave them for long enough, they will start to hate you again. Get the Swiss last. Your ideal number of musicians is two per available instrument.
Civilization was definitely a challenge for me. My group was Religious. I don't see how you could play that out nonviolently. It was a bloodbath, and a lot of the blood was mine.
Space...I don't 100% get Space yet. I'm still getting used to the controls, for one. I made fast friends with one group but was careful not to ally yet. Some Deer clan hated me on site and was extorting me for money. Then I took a mission that I didn't realize was in their territory, and they killed me. A lot. Oops. Before that, I was a complete failure at my first terraforming mission. I couldn't get it from T1 to T2.
jsalemi:
Quote from: Hellyes on 2008 September 08, 02:17:37
Yep! You can register for a Spore account as long as you have a valid registration code. When you install the game, do not start it up until after you install the crack. Then just start it up normally and you can go online and utilize the full features of the game, minus the SecuROM checks.
Good to know; I'm going to die of old age waiting for the thing to download, and may just buy it (~40% when I left this morning).
Quill:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2008 September 08, 13:43:41
Quote from: Gus Smedstad on 2008 September 08, 11:48:18
In Tribal mode, either is viable, but charming them takes a lot less time.
Charming them takes a lot less time, but on the other hand, the option may be less feasible if they are already ATTACKING YOU. The implacability of hostile enemies tends to increase as you move through the game. While I've been told that even hostile tribes can be buttered up with a simple present of food, civilizations and beyond tend to be largely implacable.
This is only sort of true, in my experience. By the time you reach civilization stage in the "peaceful herbivore" track, you've got several special abilities that let you persuade recalcitrant cities that they like you. Also, it's entirely possible to build up enough religious vehicles to convert a hostile city even if they're firing on you. I wouldn't suggest taking on a powerful warlike neighbor first thing if you can avoid it, but once you've got more than one religious city it's fairly easy.
Economic power acts almost the same way except that it isn't seen as a threat; send enough trading caravans to a semi-friendly city and they'll offer to sell out in a few minutes. The econ track also has a "make friends" special ability, I think. I'm not at home at the moment so I can't check. The only problem there is when another neighbor takes them over with military or religious power before you can buy them out!
Admittedly I haven't played on the hard level, which Pescado has probably leaped right into, so our experiences may differ slightly!
While the peaceful route is easier so far, it's also sort of boring. Simon game over and over and over again. Once I got to the space mode I was enjoying myself for a while but then found that every five seconds I was being asked to go fight pirates or attackers on any of my allied planets, which got to be a bit much! Doesn't anyone else have a spaceship? At that point being warlike might be a lot easier, as you get fewer pirate attacks. Defeating them isn't hard, but I seem to be defending planets constantly and never being able to play any of the other parts of the game.
SNUGGLES:
Thank you for all the info. :D
maxon:
Quote from: Zazazu on 2008 September 08, 15:18:33
Maxon, I get motion sickness from most first-person games like Oblivion. This game doesn't bother me one bit. The camera does not move independently. I almost wonder if Frally accidentally switched camera modes.
Thanks - that's good to know. I didn't get as far as Oblivion, Morrowind made me barf big time. I just got the email to say play.com posted my order.
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